Chapter 6 Summary

Now Wilhelm knows the truth; he was not on Tamkin's back; it was he who was doing the carrying. He looks for Tamkin at the hotel, but he isn't there. He then finds his father in the health club having a massage. He appeals to him to pay his hotel bill, but he refuses because Wilhelm has not acted wisely. Then his father finds that Wilhelm has lost all his money because he trusted Tamkin. He has no mercy on his son; he will not help him. "It isn't all a question of money-there are other things a father can give to a son," Wilhelm tells him. He says that he has never asked him for much, but that he is not a kind man and will not give the little he does ask for. His father becomes very angry, and he leaves...